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generation san franciscan and a product of this school board and my mother was a 30-year teacher at george washington high school and the assistance principal and the first principal of (inaudible) high school and so i have strong ties to the city and the schools and what i like to say is the opportunities that were presented to me by the unions should be presented to all of our young people and this pla should go forward and no project should be excluded that every one of these projects should include, the local provision, should include the apprentice ship and should be covered underneath the pla and we worked hard to get the measures passed to benefit the schools and the district and we hope that you would work as equally as hard to make sure that all of the projects are covered under the project agreement and the local hire and the apprenticeship and no project should be excluded and our young people should not be excluded from being able to work on any of these. >> we have seen from the past plas that the non-contractors have an equal opportunity and they have performed, almost, to the same amou
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at least our chief congressional correspondent in washington. nick payton walsh is here with me in new york and chris dickey. thanks to all of you. president barack obama started by focusing on the horrific nature of syria's attack. let's listen. >> ten days ago the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in syria in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century. yesterday, the united states presented a powerful case that the syrian government was responsible for this attack on its own people. our intelligence shows the asad regime and its forces preparing to use chemical weapons launching rockets into highly populated suburbs of damascus and acknowledging that a chemical weapons attack took place. all this corroborates what the world can plainly see. hospitals overflowing with victims. terrible images of the dead. all told well over 1,000 people were murdered. several hundred of them were children. young girls and boys gassed to death by their own government. >> let's talk about this. president obama used very
at least our chief congressional correspondent in washington. nick payton walsh is here with me in new york and chris dickey. thanks to all of you. president barack obama started by focusing on the horrific nature of syria's attack. let's listen. >> ten days ago the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in syria in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century. yesterday, the united states presented a powerful case that the syrian government was...
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i'm andrea mitchell in washington. on this special report tonight, we are covering an extraordinary reversal by the white house. after sending the secretary of state out friday at 1:00 p.m. to make an impassioned case for military action, we are told that the president had second thoughts about acting without a mandate from congress late yesterday. today, he notified his team. the president says he had the legal right to act on his own, but what precedent is he now setting by delaying? and how will the rest of the world react? >>> plus, what is the effect on our military? our allies? and our adversaries? with us to start us off, the host of "meet the press," david gregory, and white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, first to you, because i know you've had a background briefing on how the president made this extraordinary decision to change course after the impassioned plea by his secretary of state yesterday. >> well, first of all, andrea, nobody in his national security team even thought remotely that they needed
i'm andrea mitchell in washington. on this special report tonight, we are covering an extraordinary reversal by the white house. after sending the secretary of state out friday at 1:00 p.m. to make an impassioned case for military action, we are told that the president had second thoughts about acting without a mandate from congress late yesterday. today, he notified his team. the president says he had the legal right to act on his own, but what precedent is he now setting by delaying? and how...
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people bring that up as a typical washington story, typical washington hysteria. the french call the logic of war. everybody gets on this train within a power elite and just keeps pushing toward war until there's no turning back. he said it's time to stop and take breath. >> i understand that. in that if you think it's just politics playing out but don't you think the president feels some sort of pressure saying those are my words. am i going to have any credibility if i do nothing. >> he said he's going to do something about it, but he said congress has got to get on board. frankly, he had not put the ducks in a row that he needs to do before he does anything. it's not going to be a limited strike. you start with a limited strike, it's going to escalate. he'll need a lot more support. >> what is a limited strike? are you telling your enemy i'm not going to go all the way. i'm only going to go just a little bit. is there really such a thing as a limited strike? >> look at the logic of this campaign that president obama has in mind. you send a telegraph to assad. t
people bring that up as a typical washington story, typical washington hysteria. the french call the logic of war. everybody gets on this train within a power elite and just keeps pushing toward war until there's no turning back. he said it's time to stop and take breath. >> i understand that. in that if you think it's just politics playing out but don't you think the president feels some sort of pressure saying those are my words. am i going to have any credibility if i do nothing....
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in washington: [chanting. ] >> and in nashville, tennessee now, with the president asking congress for approval, these protesters have more than a week to make their case. >> we need peaceful resolutions to these kinds of conflict. they are political. they are very difficult. and we need a humanitarian response. >> we. >> we. >> say no. >> say no. >> whether it comes today. >> whether it comes today. >> comes tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> or monday. >> or monday. >> reporter: and many of the protesters that i spoke with today in time square said they are afraid syria is headed for a prolonged confrontation with the u.s., and they don't want a repeat of the iraq war. back to you. >> kilmeny duchardt. ideal crews are digging up an old graveyard in florida searching for human remains. >> shamibuku will have the return of johnny manzel. >> that's coming up in sports. wouldn't believe there is a farm inside of it. >> welcome back. recapping our top story, president obama says the u.s. is ready to strike syria at any given moment but first, he will seek congressional approval. our guests are bac
in washington: [chanting. ] >> and in nashville, tennessee now, with the president asking congress for approval, these protesters have more than a week to make their case. >> we need peaceful resolutions to these kinds of conflict. they are political. they are very difficult. and we need a humanitarian response. >> we. >> we. >> say no. >> say no. >> whether it comes today. >> whether it comes today. >> comes tomorrow. >> tomorrow....
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the impact that it has had on our politics, our policy making in washington. play out now. over the past several days where you had a president three sear ago today, announce the end of active combat in iraq. three years later he is going to congress asking for authority to bomb syria. and to do it in the name of countering the proliferation of chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. so yeah, i think it puts him in a very tough spot and he won't get an immediate vote. congress is, september 9th. unclear what happens if he doesn't get the vote. programbly co-still, mate still go ahead with the strike. a lot of questions now about how we look, especially to syria and the rest region. >> and secretary kerry, was chuck on the phone had a wanted it. trying to reassure them now. we'll talk to richard engel in a bit but clearly this does not project strength to the rest of the world. >> reporter: it is amazing that the extraordinary precedent, if you just watch, if you watch the history of the power of the presidency, for the last 30 years, the modern era, starting
the impact that it has had on our politics, our policy making in washington. play out now. over the past several days where you had a president three sear ago today, announce the end of active combat in iraq. three years later he is going to congress asking for authority to bomb syria. and to do it in the name of countering the proliferation of chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. so yeah, i think it puts him in a very tough spot and he won't get an immediate vote. congress...
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libby casey in washington. libby, thank you. >>> in the meantime, united nations investigators have returned from syria. they will prepare findings on chemical weapons use there but the u.n. says a full assessment could take wicks. zeena hoda has the latest from lebanon. >> they completed their mission in syria. now, the u.n. weapons inspect organs will give the evidence and samples they gathered to laboratories. the analysis will determine if chemical weapons were responsible for the deaths of hundreds in the rebel-controlled damascus suburbs. the united states has asked the west to give it time before resorting to military action. it is something some syrians are asking for as well. >> my message to the west is to give peace a chance. syrians is to live together. it was a beautiful country. the only way now is to hold dialogue. let the warring sides talk and reach a compromise. >> the conflict in syria has affected the lives of so many and what might come next could cause even more suffering. >> that's why th
libby casey in washington. libby, thank you. >>> in the meantime, united nations investigators have returned from syria. they will prepare findings on chemical weapons use there but the u.n. says a full assessment could take wicks. zeena hoda has the latest from lebanon. >> they completed their mission in syria. now, the u.n. weapons inspect organs will give the evidence and samples they gathered to laboratories. the analysis will determine if chemical weapons were responsible...
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am a but to washington -- washington, but to washington. we, the people, who take on the mantle of citizenship, you are marching. [cheers and applause] that is the lesson of our past. that is the promise of tomorrow. in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it. when millions of americans of every race, every faith and every station can join together in a spirit of brotherhood, those mountains will be made low and those rough places will be made plain and those crooked places, they straighten out towards grace. we will vindicate the faith of those who sacrifice so much and live up to the true meaning of our creed as one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. ♪cheers and applause] ♪ qwhwho canfore me, be against me? ♪ america, america where people dare to d ream for americaht america the free rising from the ashes of america ♪ america america america from sea to shining sea america for you and me red, white and blue america america lady liberty oh, we thank america america ameri
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i'm wolf blitzer in washington. my colleague and friend john berman picks up on the crisis in syria right now. >>> hello, everyone. i am john berman. syria is the biggest story in the world right now. and that story just took a surprising turn. president obama taking the podium at the white house a short time ago, many expected this to be the official annou e announcement of an i'm meant strike on syria, but instead, this is what he said. >> after careful deliberation i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. this would not be an open-nded intervention. we would not put boots on the ground. instead, our action would be designed to be limited in duration and scope. that's why i've made a second decisi decision. i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. over the last several days we've heard from members of congress who want their voices to be heard. i absolutely agree. i ask you to take this vote for a
i'm wolf blitzer in washington. my colleague and friend john berman picks up on the crisis in syria right now. >>> hello, everyone. i am john berman. syria is the biggest story in the world right now. and that story just took a surprising turn. president obama taking the podium at the white house a short time ago, many expected this to be the official annou e announcement of an i'm meant strike on syria, but instead, this is what he said. >> after careful deliberation i have...
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also i want to bring in lynn sweet as well, the washington bureau chief for the "washington sun times." let me start with you because you spent a lot of time writing, and your book, of course, devoted to the changing middle east and you spend a lot of time talking about what we are talking about today, america's changing role in the world. the debate that we are going to see play out over the next at least nine days in this country is going to be one that is filled with a great deal of rhetoric from both sides, and it's also going to be, i would imagine, at least, very significant in the sense that it's going to be a debate not just about how we respond to syria, but perhaps how we behave as a country going forward. no? >> yeah, i agree. secretary kerry talked about this. you know, let's say that we ignore this, and what a happens when israelis are gassed? what happens when south koreans are gassed by north korea? that might not happen, and many say it's not our responsibility and we are dealing with hypotheticals. this is not the cold war. the whole foreign policy establishment is go
also i want to bring in lynn sweet as well, the washington bureau chief for the "washington sun times." let me start with you because you spent a lot of time writing, and your book, of course, devoted to the changing middle east and you spend a lot of time talking about what we are talking about today, america's changing role in the world. the debate that we are going to see play out over the next at least nine days in this country is going to be one that is filled with a great deal...
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>>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to our special coverage this hour of the crisis in syria. president obama's about to make a major statement when it comes to syria. we expect him to be in the white house rose garden. there you see live picture frs the rose garden in about 15 minutes or so. we're told the statement will not necessarily suggest an imminent u.s. military strike, but rather an update about his decisions on how to proceed in syria. he's been meeting all morning with his top national security advisers at the white house. all this came earlier in the day, the signals were clearly there, even yesterday, officials started arriving at the white house today to go in the situation room, including the vice president, the secretary of defense, chuck hagel, the secretary of state, john kerry. the national security adviser to the president. the top military commanders as well. they've been meeting in the white house. there you see general marti
>>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to our special coverage this hour of the crisis in syria. president obama's about to make a major statement when it comes to syria. we expect him to be in the white house rose garden. there you see live picture frs the rose garden in about 15 minutes or so. we're told the statement will not necessarily suggest an imminent u.s. military strike, but rather an update about his...
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let's go to paul who joins us live from washington. paul, what can we expect the president to say? >> reporter: what we've learned is this is not an announcement that an attack on syria is imminent. it's important to emphasize he won't come out and announce an attack is imminent. what he is going to talk about is talk about his decision-making process, what's been going on about the intelligence, about his consultations with congress, perhaps, consultations with allies. again, it's about his decision-making process toward any potential action in syria. >> so basically i guess it's safe to say what we heard yesterday from secretary of state kerry was a setup to what we'll hear from the president today? >> reporter: that's right. this announcement came out about an hour ago, so after we heard from the secretary of state kerry yesterday very forceful remarks followed not long after by the president. we were not expecting to hear again from the pez today. the white house announced they were consulting with republican leaders in the senate and tomorrow with the house, but no mention unt
let's go to paul who joins us live from washington. paul, what can we expect the president to say? >> reporter: what we've learned is this is not an announcement that an attack on syria is imminent. it's important to emphasize he won't come out and announce an attack is imminent. what he is going to talk about is talk about his decision-making process, what's been going on about the intelligence, about his consultations with congress, perhaps, consultations with allies. again, it's about...
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one of their reporters made it into a meeting that was held in washington a month after the election. it was held at the offices of the national education association. and at the meeting, everybody always talks about the vast right-wing conspiracy? well, this was actually the vast left-wing conspiracy, having this meeting. three dozen of the powerful liberal advocacy groups and unions were at this meeting. everyone from the nea to the afl-cio, the seiu, the sierra club, people for the american way. and the whole point of this meeting was how to pool their money and come up with a strategy for their goal which is to turn the united states into their version of a progressive liberal utopia. and they set out three objectives. the first objective was to get rid of the filibuster rule in the senate so that they can ram through legislation and nominees including judicial nominees. and by the way, the second goal was to oppose all voter id laws and any other efforts to improve the integrity of the election process. now, what does that tell you about hem? it tells you that they are willing to
one of their reporters made it into a meeting that was held in washington a month after the election. it was held at the offices of the national education association. and at the meeting, everybody always talks about the vast right-wing conspiracy? well, this was actually the vast left-wing conspiracy, having this meeting. three dozen of the powerful liberal advocacy groups and unions were at this meeting. everyone from the nea to the afl-cio, the seiu, the sierra club, people for the american...
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the impounding of the schooner pearl as it tries to flee washington, d.c. with a boatload of fugitive slaves. the day hungry women ran through the streets of richmond begging for bread during the war. susan b. anthony riding on wagons without springs through kansas to secure the ballot for women. exuberant men such as walt whitman and.t. barnum -- p.t. barnum, horace greeley changing his political stripes. the execution of the lincoln conspirators and head of the anderson prison. and then the impeachment of a president. anna, not emily dickenson, on the stump at new york's cooper union, the saga of the anti-slavery general rufus saxton fired from the friedman's bureau by a soon-to be-disgraced chief executive and the grandeur and promise of freedom whether to the mormons or the men such as clarence king who possessed nature in the wild or thought he had. and there was the war, the terrible war and all the while before, during and after it the idea of compromise which was being bandied about, debated and often held responsible for the country's failure to fa
the impounding of the schooner pearl as it tries to flee washington, d.c. with a boatload of fugitive slaves. the day hungry women ran through the streets of richmond begging for bread during the war. susan b. anthony riding on wagons without springs through kansas to secure the ballot for women. exuberant men such as walt whitman and.t. barnum -- p.t. barnum, horace greeley changing his political stripes. the execution of the lincoln conspirators and head of the anderson prison. and then the...
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helping you buy better. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to our special coverage this hour of the crisis in syria. president obama's about to make a major statement when it comes to syria. we expect him to be in the white house rose garden. there you see live picture frs the rose garden in about 15 minutes or so. we're told the statement will not necessarily suggest an imminent u.s. military strike, but rather an update about his
helping you buy better. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to our special coverage this hour of the crisis in syria. president obama's about to make a major statement when it comes to syria. we expect him to be in the white house rose garden. there you see live picture frs the rose garden in about 15 minutes or so. we're told the statement will not necessarily suggest an imminent u.s. military strike, but rather...
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i got to say there must be something in the drinking water in washington, d.c., because john tandy is kind of making sense. >> david: he make sense all the time! >> go ahead. >> president obama faced with up believably difficult choice here. he can't win either way he goes. i wouldn't want to be in his shoes. some of the points about avoiding the battle are good points. i'm not sure it's best for to us do. >> the best national defense is have a strong economy. >> david: sabrina every time the united states lets the defenses down, whether it was before world war ii or 9/11, that is when our enemy seem to attack. we might be lulled in that again. obama is taking a lot of money out of defense to support the windmills and other things. >> that's right. we want our lawmakers at home to act in the best interest of people in america. when we have bahrain, libya, china that own large amount of the debt. it limits the ability to act in the self-interest of the american people. that is concerning here. >> the focus on the debt is less interest than focus on spending. it's the spending that both
i got to say there must be something in the drinking water in washington, d.c., because john tandy is kind of making sense. >> david: he make sense all the time! >> go ahead. >> president obama faced with up believably difficult choice here. he can't win either way he goes. i wouldn't want to be in his shoes. some of the points about avoiding the battle are good points. i'm not sure it's best for to us do. >> the best national defense is have a strong economy. >>...
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and remember, this is in the memory of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. and one of those demands was a $2 minimum wage, which would be about $13 and change today. so the workers like miss davis and their colleagues, they're right on the money, so to speak, in terms of what it will take to live a livable life. >> what difference would it make to you if you paid $15 an hour? >> i feel like i could take care of my daughter, i could go back to school, i wouldn't have to be out of college, wouldn't have to drop out of college to work this dead end job. and the government wants us to get off of welfare and stop abusing and using the system, but when these jobs are only $7.25 an hour, how do you expect us to pay our bills and stay at these jobs when we're not getting paid enough to go back to school. >> so andrew, this question of the government having to step in. basically what happens is a lot of workers on minimum wage end up needing food stamps and other nutritional assistance, that sort of thing. so we, as taxpayers, end up subsidizing multi-million dollar
and remember, this is in the memory of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. and one of those demands was a $2 minimum wage, which would be about $13 and change today. so the workers like miss davis and their colleagues, they're right on the money, so to speak, in terms of what it will take to live a livable life. >> what difference would it make to you if you paid $15 an hour? >> i feel like i could take care of my daughter, i could go back to school, i wouldn't have to...
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a march on washington became one of its defining moments. there are countless photographs of that historic day. one shows a pair of national park service rangers standing by dr. king on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the image captures a small moment in a great event, but speaks volumes about the role of the national park service. we are here, we will always be here as the guardians of the american story. we gather today admits the greatest concentration of american monuments anywhere in the country -- amidst the greatest concentration of american monuments anywhere in the country. at each you will find a familiar national park service arrowhead, and the distinctive ranger's flat hat. we are there to welcome visitors, answer questions, and take care of these treasured places, to preserve the american stories they represent and the aspirations that bind us together as a people. the places are now reserved as national parks across our nation. the first women's rights convention in seneca, new york. the edmund pettis bridge and the long roa
a march on washington became one of its defining moments. there are countless photographs of that historic day. one shows a pair of national park service rangers standing by dr. king on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the image captures a small moment in a great event, but speaks volumes about the role of the national park service. we are here, we will always be here as the guardians of the american story. we gather today admits the greatest concentration of american monuments anywhere in...
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. >>> according to a study of the university of washington, pay area people to the charts in fitness and nutrition and longest lived people. this helps people ward off physical decline and their lives. the longest lived people in the country are women in marin county and the leanest in san francisco. >> with the weather you can work outside. >>> a happy ending for two kittens who shut down service in the big apple and they can be different a new home. >> i'll have a look at what you can expect for today and your holiday weekend coming up. . >>> a muscle sniffing dog will be inspecting this weekend. i want to introduce you to popeye. he'll be sniffing boats for invasive muscles. mussels. they're infesting waterways. the mussels reproduce and destroy natural habitat and fisheries. popeye will be there to inspect. >>> two kittens will be up for adoption soon. they're being held by animal control. they'll make great pets once they're socialized. the kittens caused a major headache for commuters. the subway shut down for two hours. they were chose to a high voltage rail. they were able to
. >>> according to a study of the university of washington, pay area people to the charts in fitness and nutrition and longest lived people. this helps people ward off physical decline and their lives. the longest lived people in the country are women in marin county and the leanest in san francisco. >> with the weather you can work outside. >>> a happy ending for two kittens who shut down service in the big apple and they can be different a new home. >> i'll have...
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bush could not make the trip to washington, d.c. george w. bush just did have heart surgery, although i think i saw him at the smu football game last night. there are also apparently some dispute over how much notice some of the no-shows got from organizers. while we can quibble over they got one, two or three weeks notice, what we do know is this milestone event, the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, was not one that republicans marked on their own calendars and made it a priority to commemorate. after all, they didn't have to be invited to speak to just show up and pay their respects. let's not pretend this is surprising because part of the story of the civil rights movement, a big part is how it fundamentally remade both political parties. leaving one a lot more interested in and responsive to the plight of black americans than the other. this graph tells the story. it shows which party black americans have identified with since 1936. you can see in the early years there around the depression and world war ii, it's basically a t
bush could not make the trip to washington, d.c. george w. bush just did have heart surgery, although i think i saw him at the smu football game last night. there are also apparently some dispute over how much notice some of the no-shows got from organizers. while we can quibble over they got one, two or three weeks notice, what we do know is this milestone event, the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, was not one that republicans marked on their own calendars and made it a priority...
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documento filtrado por el ex contratista de la "cia" edward snowden y divulgado por el periodico the washington post indica que estados unidos gasta mas de 50 mil millones de dolares en programas de espionaje.el papa francisco jubilo al cardenal tarcisio bertone quien desde 2006 fue el secretario de estado del vaticano designado por benedicto 16.mas esta tarde >>> hace unos aÑos una mujer fue asesinada en su casa y frente a su pequeÑo hijo y las autoridades buscan a el seasesi y hay una recompensa de 100.000 dÓlares para quien ayude a localizarlo. >>> este pequeÑo parque de casas mÓviles, en lake charles lousiana. fue testigo de un horrendo crimen. >>> no estaba ahÍ para evitar que le pasarÁ a mi familia, a ella, no se lo deseo a nadie, no lo puedo explicar en palabras, el odio y la rabia porque ella no estaba, yo le fallÉ. >>> kevin barton si tiene fuerzas para contar lo que pasÓ, hace 5 aÑos, cuando en una de estas casas mÓviles donde vivÍa con su familia, encontraron el cuerpo inerte de su esposa wanda de 26 aÑos que habÍa sido salvajemente acuchillada. >>> era la maÑana del 2
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then it becomes convention which in washington, the war in iraq, stop it -- occurs in new york city at this scale, four.four million. let me end with this quick note. today in city council of new york, city council voted a few hours ago to override the veto of the mayor of new york, between a special monitor at the city level for all police and to add and make sure the racial profiling is also not part of the city administrative code so it is not used by the police department of new york city. the reason i think it is critical not just because the good decision but because it city council of the city of new york is now all in 2013, persons of color and how do you think it happens? because the voting rights act of 1965, because section 5 of the voting rights act in new york city applies between counties, the same individuals who now look like us are acting like us, representing our interests, overriding the goes when it makes sense and finally standing up to this notion that we have to prevent crime before it starts and target black and latino free people and make comparative high-price
then it becomes convention which in washington, the war in iraq, stop it -- occurs in new york city at this scale, four.four million. let me end with this quick note. today in city council of new york, city council voted a few hours ago to override the veto of the mayor of new york, between a special monitor at the city level for all police and to add and make sure the racial profiling is also not part of the city administrative code so it is not used by the police department of new york city....
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our chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, is covering that angle from washington. pierre, what are the specific concerns here? >> reporter: good morning, dan. no specific threat has been identified. but the people we pay to protect the united states are already focusing on potential threats. here's what they're concerned about. syrian nationals who come to the u.s. who may be operatives of the assad government or sympathizers. and there's real concern about cyber attacks. the syrian electronic army, a group of hackers that supports the assad regime, is a real threat, sources say. as one official told me, they are, quote, more than a nuisance. they're thought to be behind an attack that knocked out "the new york times" website earlier this week. >> pierre, if this missile strike is launched against the syrians, and it could come today, if we hear, if that happens, will we see stepped up signs of security here at home? >> reporter: absolutely. you will see stepped up security at airports and other transportation hubs. there will be seen and unseen additional security
our chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, is covering that angle from washington. pierre, what are the specific concerns here? >> reporter: good morning, dan. no specific threat has been identified. but the people we pay to protect the united states are already focusing on potential threats. here's what they're concerned about. syrian nationals who come to the u.s. who may be operatives of the assad government or sympathizers. and there's real concern about cyber attacks. the syrian...
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al jazeera, washington. >> although the obama administration did not release all of its finds. intercepted communications, and syrian troop movements. a response from syria from a key ally russian president putin. putin is urging the u.s. not to attack, he also claimed u.s. claims that they used chemical weapons on its own people "utter nonsenses." he called on the u. to present evidence to the united nations security council. and that president obama should consider the potential innocent victims of an attack. as the administration weighs whether to take military action, a new poll suggests americans are wided whether the u.s. should intervene. the nbc news poll ask americaned whether the u.s. should launch an attack on syria, in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack. four% said yes, 50% said no. but more americans supported military action when specifically told the attacks would not include ground troops or aircraft. 50% supported that kind of limited attack, h 4% opposed it. and when it came to the president seeking congressional arrival, nearly eight out of ten p
al jazeera, washington. >> although the obama administration did not release all of its finds. intercepted communications, and syrian troop movements. a response from syria from a key ally russian president putin. putin is urging the u.s. not to attack, he also claimed u.s. claims that they used chemical weapons on its own people "utter nonsenses." he called on the u. to present evidence to the united nations security council. and that president obama should consider the...
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washington is just creating it. that is one of the argument we hear a lot, especially considering they always pull a rabbit out of the hat at the last minute and solve the problem. ae problem is -- they do pull rabbit out of the hat so often that people will assume if they do it again, and maybe the one- time the rabbit will not be there, and then what are we going to do the database sort of -- the day they blast through the debt ceiling? if they do it too quickly, it will look like it or not hold out for the best possible deal. talk to ournahue newsmakers program, which is going to air tomorrow, 10:00, if you want to see appeared one of the things they talked about with the fiscal cliff and is not only his thoughts on it but how the speaker should react to it. we will let you hear what he has to say get your comment on it. [video clip] >> when this is on, we're going to have to do some expense cutting to make a deal to expand the debt because as i said a minute ago, if we default on the debt, we are defaulting on a
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crowley, public diplomacy, george washington university. former assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the obama administration. and kathleen hicks, now seen yore adviser for the center of strategic and international studies. it was striking today how reminiscent john kerry's performance was of the infamous colin powell performance before the u.n. in 2003. there was less theater. he was not holding up vials of substances or throwing to sound bite as colin powell did. one could not help but be struck by the parallels between the two and it is precisely the hangover from the fact that that first one turned out to be basically nonsense that it is hard to listen to john kerry with the same kind of open mind to the truthfulness of what he's saying. >> i thought john kerry did a fantastic job of taking that issue head-on. iraq is the background to which this entire discussion about syria is going on. here he is trying to present an intelligence-based assessment just as colin powell did, and, again, in his talk he said right there and
crowley, public diplomacy, george washington university. former assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the obama administration. and kathleen hicks, now seen yore adviser for the center of strategic and international studies. it was striking today how reminiscent john kerry's performance was of the infamous colin powell performance before the u.n. in 2003. there was less theater. he was not holding up vials of substances or throwing to sound bite as colin powell did. one could not...
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big time in washington amid all the syria news. for people who just happen to be living there, not really having to do with this crisis, it's going to be a warm, warm day for you. 9 degree 2 degrees. >> sorry. was that real world for reals? >> for reals. sorry. that's what i say. >>> no weapons on campus, but -- >> one school is using a rifle to its benefit. wncn reports that they will receive proceeds from a rifle raffle. some say this is inappropriate in light of sandy hook and other shootings, but tickets have been sold at $5 a pop. >>> the justice department now says it will not challenge laws on the books that allow people to smoke pot for recreational use. >> cnn's nick wolen krichcia jo. >> they're not going to preempt these states that have passed the recreational marijuana use. as you mentioned, it's things like going after drug trafficking, cartels, drunk drivi driving. what this really does is highlights something that's been promised. there have been similar promises by the obama administration before. early on in his t
big time in washington amid all the syria news. for people who just happen to be living there, not really having to do with this crisis, it's going to be a warm, warm day for you. 9 degree 2 degrees. >> sorry. was that real world for reals? >> for reals. sorry. that's what i say. >>> no weapons on campus, but -- >> one school is using a rifle to its benefit. wncn reports that they will receive proceeds from a rifle raffle. some say this is inappropriate in light of...
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if you go to washington, d.c. you may notice unlike the rest of the country construction companies on every block. boom town for washington as the government grows. >> mike: just 1%. >> tucker: if you compare the pay and benefits of federal worker compared to pay in the private sector dramatically more generous. by the way i am never tired of pointing out you are more likely to die on the job as a federal worker than be fired. lifetime employment. >> alisyn: very difficult even if you do something terribly wrong as we have seen in so many of these examples to lose your job. they do get good benefits. >> tucker: good deal. pay off, let's be honest federal workers and excluding the military from this. >> alisyn: military workers are included in this. >> tucker: of course they are. but the bulk of federal workers, of course, are not in seal team 6. they are making copies in the agriculture department and they vote for obama. >> mike: 1% for the military and not 1% for the rest of the federal workers. >> absolute limi
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." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. it's about killing people. when all the words are spoken, the conversation about needing to enforce a red line to protect an international norm, any decision by president obama to bomb syria will kill people. it will kill the guys working the night shift, people just doing their jobs to put food on their family tables. daddy who went to work that morning will not be coming home because of what this president decides to do. the assad family will be okay, of course.
." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. it's about killing people. when all the words are spoken, the conversation about needing to enforce a red line to protect an international norm, any decision by president obama to bomb syria will kill people. it will kill the guys working the night shift, people just doing their jobs to put food on their family tables. daddy who went to work that morning will not be coming home because of what this...
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so this was well after the march on washington. but when you think of notions, the second part of the march-- freedom-- it's hard to think about freedom when we have that many people who don't have their freedom and are locked up. >> ifill: taylor branch, he was born in 1979. i won't ask when you were born but you do write you grew up fearfully oblivious to race and yet you write about the civil rights movement. how did that come to be? >> i think it was an accident of my cohort. my formative years-- the "brown" decision i was in first grade. i was a senior in college when martin luther king was killed in the spring of '68-- all in between the movement was just relentless. and it ultimately changed direction of my life's interest against my will. i grew up in a nonpolitical family but by the time i was in college i was stoupified for this movement that dr. king called equal souls, equal votes. it went deep. >> ifill: many people never heard a full martin luther king speech other than that day at the linkon memory. but he never plan
so this was well after the march on washington. but when you think of notions, the second part of the march-- freedom-- it's hard to think about freedom when we have that many people who don't have their freedom and are locked up. >> ifill: taylor branch, he was born in 1979. i won't ask when you were born but you do write you grew up fearfully oblivious to race and yet you write about the civil rights movement. how did that come to be? >> i think it was an accident of my cohort. my...
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washington statements are unak e -- to complete their work nortd to get an objective op of what is happening from a u.s. military strike. >> their contention is they have the information in hand that could lead the president to make that decision. what they are waiting for is eeea go ahead and go id. that wouz come here to the pentagon and be september tout to the fleet would be the missiles being launched in the eastern med trarnian. all of this awaits the president's di sigs. they are making the case that they feel they have the int intelligence to back this. >> the rap ready for the united states. the and u.s. clearly dupt doesn't want to wait that wrong. to the troops on the earn mediterraneans. >> certainly not, i wouldn't think within hours or leds. tomahawk missile are programmed to two to a particular target. they hay be updates in the hours of min us in. all of this gepts on how they could go where they want them do to go. et will happen var quickly. >> thajs very much. >> joining me, the former chief weapons of mazz destruction. thanks for joining us. i want to get to your honest a
washington statements are unak e -- to complete their work nortd to get an objective op of what is happening from a u.s. military strike. >> their contention is they have the information in hand that could lead the president to make that decision. what they are waiting for is eeea go ahead and go id. that wouz come here to the pentagon and be september tout to the fleet would be the missiles being launched in the eastern med trarnian. all of this awaits the president's di sigs. they are...
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paul is live in washington, d.c. >> reporter: this is another bit of evidence suggesting how difficult it is to remain for the white house to convince congress of this case for a*bs against syria. earlier tonight the press office of senate minority office mitch mcconle tweeted that there will be a conference call tomorrow between the white house and the senate gop. now, we learned from other sources that that call is expected to take place some time later in the afternoon. there's breaking news tonight. we've learned that t*upb inspectors are leaving syria earlier than expected. they are on a convoy of vehicles heading toward lebanon. there won't be a report from what they've learned for some time to come but they are on their way oh out of the country earlier than expected. >> paul in washington. paul, thank you. >> as the u.s. prepares for a possible attack on syria, one new poll suggests that there's a lot of public opposition to the idea. stephanie joins us now from los angeles with more on that story. >> good evening to you. the reu t*e rs poll suggests that many americans believe
paul is live in washington, d.c. >> reporter: this is another bit of evidence suggesting how difficult it is to remain for the white house to convince congress of this case for a*bs against syria. earlier tonight the press office of senate minority office mitch mcconle tweeted that there will be a conference call tomorrow between the white house and the senate gop. now, we learned from other sources that that call is expected to take place some time later in the afternoon. there's...
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just put out a statement reacting to secretary of state kerry and other things, the russians saying washington statements threatening to apply force to syria are unacceptable, even u.s. allies have called for taking a break to wait for the u.n. expects to complete the work in order to get an obje objective picture what happened there. what's the latest you're hearing about a u.s. military strike? >> well, look, wolf from the u.s. point of view, their contention at the white house is they have the information in hand that could lead the president to make that decision. what we are waiting for at the pentagon is ed essentially an execute order from the president. in other words, he signs the papers and says go ahead and do it. that would then come here to the pentagon, be sent out to the fleet and the next steps that you would then most likely see would be tomahawk missiles being launched from five navy warships in the eastern mediterranean. this awaits the president's decision, of course. but they are making the case that they feel at least that they have the intelligence already in hand to bac
just put out a statement reacting to secretary of state kerry and other things, the russians saying washington statements threatening to apply force to syria are unacceptable, even u.s. allies have called for taking a break to wait for the u.n. expects to complete the work in order to get an obje objective picture what happened there. what's the latest you're hearing about a u.s. military strike? >> well, look, wolf from the u.s. point of view, their contention at the white house is they...
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first to nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent and andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, after that speech, is there any turning back? >> reporter: no, there is not. before kerry's speech he was at the white house with the president, the other national security advisers talking about the intelligence. and they say this is what is different, the scale of the attack, the incredible number of casualties you just saw. second, the size of the target area. this intelligence map shows 12 separate locations that were hit. it is a highly coordinated attack. and third, they had spy satellites tracking the rockets from government launchers to where they landed. finally, they say assad's command and control was established from those intercepted communications you heard about revealing they've prepared to use chemicals. they told their own commanders to put on gas masks the day of the attack, and command ers a senior official is overheard telling troops to hide the evidence afterwards from the u.n. with all of that, they say, if this president did not act, it would just be in
first to nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent and andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, after that speech, is there any turning back? >> reporter: no, there is not. before kerry's speech he was at the white house with the president, the other national security advisers talking about the intelligence. and they say this is what is different, the scale of the attack, the incredible number of casualties you just saw. second, the size of the target area. this intelligence...
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crowley, public diplomacy, george washington university. former assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the obama administration. and kathleen hick hicks, now se yore adviser for the center of strategic and international studstud dyes. it was striking today how reminiscent john kerry's performance was of the infamous colin powell performance before the u.n. in 2003. there was less theater. he was not holding up vials of substances or throwing to sound bite as colin powell did. one could not help but be struck by the parallels between the two and it is precisely the hangover from the fact that that first one turned out to be basically nonsense that it is hard to listen to john kerry with the same kind of open mind to the truthfulness of what he's saying. >> i thought john kerry did a fantastic swrjob of taking that issue head-on. iraq is the background to which this entire discussion about syria is going on. here he is trying to present an intelligence-based assessment just as colin powell did, and, again, in his talk he said righ
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but the president argues that that assistance is a goal and not any in washington sun and miller reporting >> reporter: look at the readings at the ocean with upper 60s close to 70's. 94 to concord, antioch and livermore close to 100 today. as we go to the labor day weekend you will notice the temperatures coming back down and a little bit of folk tomorrow. fog the breeze is beginning to pick up at the past have all. sfo. sunshine in the afternoon and the chance for showers, no way, sunday. i will let you know more about that coming out next. >> catherine: the team is using savagely beat a student on a school bus. the board in court with a surprising message a fire burning in and around listening continues to grow. the air attack is helping them containment. unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. d.never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too
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that's it for our special report, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. thanks very much for watching. for our north american viewers, erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, the white house makes its case for war. it's official declassified intelligence report on syria's chemical weapons attack. is it enough to justify military action? >>> plus, rising gas prices. why you're paying more to fill up this labor day weekend and why prices will likely keep on rising. >>> and kate middleton makes her first public appearance since giving birth. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm jessica yellin in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, president obama makes his case for war. >> today we released our unclassified assessment detailing with high confidence that the syrian regime carried out a chemical weapons attack that killed well over 1,000 people including hundreds of children. this follows the horrific images that shocked us all. >> cnn has obtained new images the aftermath of another alleged chemical weapons attack in syria. and we want to warn you the video is very disturb
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he's live in washington for us this evening. first of all, thank you, john and second of all, good evening. what can you tell us? >> reporter: i don't think president obama was walking back those remarks from john kerry. they had different missions. we saw an acceleration of a momentum for a military strike on syria. john kerry came out saying the u.s. had evidence that syria had weapons to kill 1400 people. president obama tried reassure the american people that any u.s. response would not be open ended like the war in iraq. >> without considering any open ended commitment, we're not considering any boots on the ground approach. what we will do is consider options that meet the narrow concern around chemical weapons, understanding that there's not going to be a solely military solution to the underlying conflict and tragedy that's taking place in syria. >> reporter: now the reason it was so important for the president to reassure the public, we had a new nbc news poll out this morning showing only 42% supported the idea of stri
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meanwhile another conflict in washington gearing up. the fight over debt ceiling,
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we're hot outside. 86 in washington. 84 in gaithersburg. elsewhere generally in the mid-80s. we're in for a mild evening and overnight tonight the temperatures don't cool off too much. we're still going to be in the upper 60s. washington, you drop to a low of 71 degrees n addition to that, the humidity will remain high not only tonight but right on through your labor day. the satellite and radar, though, confirming hardly a cloud in the sky across the area. so mainly clear skies and what that's going to mean as you start off your saturday, here we are at 7:00 a.m. on future weather. beautiful sunshine and mostly sunny skies, we will notice more clouds and it's still dry across the area. tomorrow afternoon, starting around 3:00, 3:30, there's a chance of scattered showers and storms but mainly back around that i-81 corridor. we're talking about areas like hagerstown and back towards petersburg, getting into the early evening hours, 6:00, still a threat of shower or a storm, mainly outside of the d.c. metro area, for sunday, a better chance that you are dealing with a shower or
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. >> joining us from washington is stewart patrick. he's the council for foreign relations. after today's comments from the secretary, to the president, are you convinced that there will be a military strike against syria? >> i think it's certain that there's going to be a military strike. the president and the secretary of state, john kerry made it clear that the united states doesn't need anymore evidence. it doesn't think they would gain anything from waiting for the u.n. inspectors to make their report. i suspect that shortly after they leave damascus which will be some time late saturday that there will be a cruise missile strikes and other types of strikes against syria. >> should the process. allowed to play out even if the results are known. >>> that was the argument that was made by many people. the administration has concluded and they're right that there's no way to get through the blockage of the u.n. security council. the russians have been total obstruction if they were obstructed when the u.k. was trying to get securit security l on the table. what's shocking
. >> joining us from washington is stewart patrick. he's the council for foreign relations. after today's comments from the secretary, to the president, are you convinced that there will be a military strike against syria? >> i think it's certain that there's going to be a military strike. the president and the secretary of state, john kerry made it clear that the united states doesn't need anymore evidence. it doesn't think they would gain anything from waiting for the u.n....
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washington, from i'm kathy k. the obama administration makes the case, action against the syrian regime. >> the united states government 1429nows that at least syrians were killed in this attack. >> the president himself says he has not made up his mind, and any u.s. response to the chemical attacks will be limited. >> we are not considering any open-ended commitments, any boots on the ground approach. >>
washington, from i'm kathy k. the obama administration makes the case, action against the syrian regime. >> the united states government 1429nows that at least syrians were killed in this attack. >> the president himself says he has not made up his mind, and any u.s. response to the chemical attacks will be limited. >> we are not considering any open-ended commitments, any boots on the ground approach. >>
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and columnist david ignatius is joining us from "the washington post." i know you're well plugged in, you've been speaking to your sources among the syrian rebels. what are you hearing? >> what i'm hearing today from rebels in touch with the command from the syrian army is, first, that assad's forces are said to be moving files, other sensitive equipment, some personnel out of their normal headquarters in damascus into the civilian areas of the city. much has happened in baghdad before baghdad was struck in 2003. the second thing that i'm hearing is that among the assad army command, there is growing nervousness, and that's shown by people sending their families out of syria to get them out of harm's way and by some increase in defections by syrian army personnel to the free syrian army side. and then finally, i'm hearing that among the syrian rebels there's an expectation that this u.s. military strike will be more rather than less. they think this may be a significant attempt to degrade assad's army. >> what seems to me based on what's happening, the p
and columnist david ignatius is joining us from "the washington post." i know you're well plugged in, you've been speaking to your sources among the syrian rebels. what are you hearing? >> what i'm hearing today from rebels in touch with the command from the syrian army is, first, that assad's forces are said to be moving files, other sensitive equipment, some personnel out of their normal headquarters in damascus into the civilian areas of the city. much has happened in baghdad...
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i'll be on the airplane tonight on the red eye, i'll be in washington tomorrow morning, call us back president. you come and tell us why we ought to go to war. >> so congressman garamendi, very clear here, if the president calls for action before you come back or any other representative comes back, it will be a mistake in your view? >> well, that's the kind word, mistake. it's more than a mistake. the constitution's clear here. only in an imminent threat under the war powers act does the president have the authority to go to war. otherwise, you have to come to congress and listen, you drop missiles into some country, that's an act of war under any definition. >> all right. admiral sestak, do you agree with that? if we send 200 cruise missiles into syria, is that an act of war or an international retaliation trying to right a wrong? another question i want you to address, joe, how can we launch 200 cruise missiles and that's the number being tossed around and not kill innocent people? are we that good? >> you know, i have great respect for the congressman's opinion. when i was in con
i'll be on the airplane tonight on the red eye, i'll be in washington tomorrow morning, call us back president. you come and tell us why we ought to go to war. >> so congressman garamendi, very clear here, if the president calls for action before you come back or any other representative comes back, it will be a mistake in your view? >> well, that's the kind word, mistake. it's more than a mistake. the constitution's clear here. only in an imminent threat under the war powers act...
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it is written by three authors from the washington institute. we have advance copies of this study, which are at the registration table. you are welcome to pick one up on your way out. study will be released soon, but not yet and is not on our web site yet. to discuss the potential for military action, we have two .peakers andrew will analyze the military opposition as a military force. the focus of his presentation is indeed about deposition itself and that is also the focus of andrew's presentation. following their remarks, we will have our very own michael eisenstadt talking about the u.s. military response options in light of the chemical weapons allegations and what syrian response options to u.s. options might be. jeffs get started with white. >> thanks for coming to this. events in the region could not be more dramatic or more significant. in that context, the discussion of the syrian armed opposition is a little lester medic that maybe for the long term it is more important. for the outcome. can everybody hear me? to start with, the firs
it is written by three authors from the washington institute. we have advance copies of this study, which are at the registration table. you are welcome to pick one up on your way out. study will be released soon, but not yet and is not on our web site yet. to discuss the potential for military action, we have two .peakers andrew will analyze the military opposition as a military force. the focus of his presentation is indeed about deposition itself and that is also the focus of andrew's...
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. >> mark murray is standing by for us down in washington, d.c., as well. mark, i want to bring you back into this conversation as well and talk about more of the political fallout. we know based on what the president just said a few moments ago that there are going to continue to be conversations between the white house and between congressional leadership as well. short of the president going to the hill and asking members of congress for permission to strike syria, are they going to be pleased? is that essentially what it's going to take to assuage them? >> craig, i don't think anyone's going to be pleased right now, particularly at the moment where everyone is waiting to see what happens. president obama right now has certainly hit a bottom when it comes to his numbers. his overall approval rating was at 44%. that's tied for his lowest in. what's also notable is only 41% approved of his handling of foreign policy. as you mentioned, our poll was conducted before today. it was conducted on august 28th and august 29th. right now there's a sense the america
. >> mark murray is standing by for us down in washington, d.c., as well. mark, i want to bring you back into this conversation as well and talk about more of the political fallout. we know based on what the president just said a few moments ago that there are going to continue to be conversations between the white house and between congressional leadership as well. short of the president going to the hill and asking members of congress for permission to strike syria, are they going to be...
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let's say washington wide. say the government is dangerous in the fearful mass and something like that, and it is. they put lots of checks and balances and limitations and the bill of rights and things that nobody else had done before. but that's why we operate this way. and when we say we don't want to send money to the federal government if you are getting a social security check or medicare check that is a sizable portion of the federal government. more of it is going to medicare, medicaid, social security and those kind of programs. >> space made the point about auditing the fed and i don't think that is a good thing to do. i am extraordinarily worried about the amount of currency that has been created out of thin air to be alive then surprised i must say that we haven't seen more inflation in the wake of what's happened since 2008. .. i will tell you this. i talked to a lot of bankers and a lot of people. now wall street bankers. i'm talking about the guys who run the local banks here. i've never found any
let's say washington wide. say the government is dangerous in the fearful mass and something like that, and it is. they put lots of checks and balances and limitations and the bill of rights and things that nobody else had done before. but that's why we operate this way. and when we say we don't want to send money to the federal government if you are getting a social security check or medicare check that is a sizable portion of the federal government. more of it is going to medicare, medicaid,...